Nakamura-za

Nakamura-za was one of the three main kabuki theatres of Edo alongside the Morita-za and Ichimura-za.

History

It was founded in 1624 by Nakamura Kanzaburō 1st. The Nakamura-za relocated to the new capital Tokyo in 1868 and reopened under Nakamura Kanzaburō I's last direct descendant Nakamura Kanzaburo XIII as zamoto. It was later also called the Miyako-za.
A real-size replica of the Nakamura-za is located at the Edo-Tokyo Museum.